Senior AAP leader and MCD in-charge Durgesh Pathak on Saturday said that a recent report by National Environment Tribunal, Central Pollution Board and IIT-Delhi depicts a loss of Rs 450 crore to Delhi’s environment owing to the three landfills in the national Capital.

The analysis report also states that the landfills have ruined the underground water reserve up to 10-15 kms of area around those mountains, he added.

Pathak said that, the people of Delhi have collectively decided to vote for the Kejriwal Government in the upcoming municipal elections as they have realised that the BJP has failed to effectively run the MCD in the last 15 years.

Dictating the figures, he said that there is 90 lakh MT of garbage in Bhalswa landfill, 50 lakh MT of garbage in Okhla landfill, and 140 lakh MT of garbage in Ghazipur landfill.

Pathak said, “In the last 15 years the biggest achievement of the BJP-ruled MCD has been building three Taj Mahals in Delhi, one in Bhalswa, one in Okhla and one in Ghazipur. These are the Taj Mahals of garbage that welcome you in Delhi from various routes whether you enter from Haryana or Uttar Pradesh. The biggest symbols of the corruption and inefficiency of the BJP in the MCD are these three garbage mountains standing in Delhi.”

Citing a report of ‘National Environment Tribunal’, Central Pollution Board and IIT-Delhi, he said in the report they have found out that these three garbage mountains have cost a loss of Rs 450 crores to the environment of Delhi. If you study the report in detail, they have said that the garbage mountains have ruined the underground water reserve up to 10-15 kms around those mountains. This has also affected the environment around that area and made it difficult for the people residing in that area.